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Originally Posted by Kasept
KG,
My complaint with SA as a regular rotation host has been the outrageous advantage the track has given the West Coast horses when it's been run there as much as the weather. And of course last time at Arcadia there was forest fire smoke and ash to deal with...
How about:
Churchill
Belmont
Santa Anita
"Guest Track"
Churchill
Belmont
Arlington
"Guest Track"
then repeat.. SA and AP every 8 years.. BEL/CD every 4 years.. Woodbine, Lone Star, Monmouth every 12 years.. something along those lines..
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I guess I haven't seen this tremendous advantage for West Coast horses. Was it not the same way at Belmont when My Flag, Inside Information, Unbridled's Song, and Cigar all won in 1995? I think that naturally, when u have the races on one coast, the horses from that region will have an advantage. Part of it has to do with them being in their normal surroundings and some of it has to do with fewer out of town horses shipping. I just think that the best horses usually win the races and I think it would be wrong to not include SA in the normal rotation because Southern California is still one of the two biggest racing markets that we have along with NY.
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